Kian Molani
Associate Director For Defense
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKian Molani is an aerospace engineer and policy-focused leader with eight years of experience at the intersection of autonomous space systems, advanced propulsion, and defense strategy. Currently Associate Director for Defense at the Special Competitive Studies Project, he blends hands-on GNC, ML/autonomy, and modeling expertise developed through research roles at UMich, NRC-Canada, and internships at Julia Computing and industry partners. His technical work spans MATLAB/Python and Julia for sensor data analysis, dynamical simulation, and multidisciplinary design optimization—skills he’s applied from atmospheric science experiments to in-space robotics research. Comfortable moving between research, engineering, and policy, Kian co-founded a startup and has a track record of turning complex sensor and flight data into validated, production-ready analysis pipelines.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Engineering - M.S.E., Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, 3.85/4, Master of Science in Engineering - M.S.E., Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, 3.85/4 at University of MichiganBachelor of Engineering - B.Eng., Engineering Physics (Co-op), Bachelor of Engineering - B.Eng., Engineering Physics (Co-op) at Carleton University
English, French
Github Skills (10)
modelica9
ode9
differential-equations9
systems-biology9
agent-based-modeling8
sbml8
julia8
ordinary-differential-equations8
scientific-computing7
standard-library4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kianmolani/aeronet
Jul 2018 - Sep 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
kianmolani/decentralized-video-streaming-app
May 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:44 commits, 91 pushes, 8 branches in 2 months
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